Improvement in toy pistols



J. MOGONNELL. Toy-Pistol.

No. 2o|,|s9. Patented March 12, I878.

WITNESSES INVENTORY N. PETERS. PHOTOJLITHOGRIPHER, WASHINGTON. Dv Cv vUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M'GOONNELL, OF GLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY PISTOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters liatent No. 201,189, dated March12, 1878; application filed February 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN McOoNNELL, of

Cleveland, in the county of (Juyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols or Burglar-Alarms;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification. I

My invention relates to toy pistols, and likewise to burglar-alarms,inasmuch as said invention may be employed in one or the other capacitywithout any material modification or departure from my principle ofconstruction.

The invention consists in the combination of parts made and adapted tooperate as hereinafter described, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the'drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device asadapted for a toy pistol, with sufficient parts removed to show itsinternal construction and arrangement of parts when in the set position.Fig. 2 shows the same at the instant of the explosion of the fulminateor cartridge.

A is the case or shell, made in two pieces, of cast metal, and so shapedthat when joined together the parts shall not only be well housed andprotected, but shallalso be provided with their proper attachments andbearings.

B is the hammer, pivoted in the case A. This hammer is formed with aflat, or substantially fiat, surface, b, which, as shown in Fig. 1,affords a bearing to the mainspring a beneath it, said spring having anupward push. This spring is simply a piece of spring metal, preferablyclock-spring, bent or hooked at one end, so as to engage with the lug awhereby it is secured against longitudinal displacement. From this pointthe spring passes backward over the rivet a or its casing and under thehammer, where it freely terminates. It thus always exerts an upward pushagainst the lug a and the hammer.

When the hammer is drawn back to the set position, as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, it is maintained in said position by the mainspring, andits back rests against the upper end of the trigger B. This trigger isessentially a lever of the first order, and is pivoted in the case A.Now, while the triggeris in its set position, if it be drawn, its upperend will push forward the hammer until the mainspring can act to driveit to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which will operateto explode the fulminate or cartridge. Said fulminate is placed in thecupped recess A and this recess I prefer to make of a larger diameter atits bottom than its top, thus serving to firmly secure the fulminatewafer from accidental displacement, the overhanging walls of its chamberpreventing its escape.

A is a passage leading from the recess A to the cavity of the barrel. Bythis provision, when the fulminate explodes, a portion of its explosiveforce is expended through the channel A.

If a light projectile be put into the barrel, it will be shot out ashort distance by this explosion. Moreover, by permitting a portion ofthe explosive force of the fulminate to escape through this channel,there is less danger in handling the device.

When it is desired to use my invention as a burglar-alarm, it can be soused either in its pistol form, by suitably attaching it to the parts tobe protected, so that when disturbed the fulminate shall be. exploded;or the handle and barrel portions may be dispensed with, and a case madethat shall simply accommodate the hammer, spring, and fulminate; andthis modified case A can be provided with suitable screw-holes, or othermeans whereby the device may be attached, as desired.

What I claim is- 1. The combinatiomwith thehammer formed with the curvedrear body, of the trigger adapted to operate as a lever of the firstorder in engaging therewith, and the spring, which latter has a flatbearing against the hammer when set, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the spring a bearing a, and lug a, all locatedin the recess formed in the central body of the casing, of the hammer B,provided with the flat springbearing 1), and the trigger B,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have sign ed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

lronn MCOONNELL.

Witnesses:

JNo. OnowELL, Jr. L. L. LEGGETT.

